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Obituaries: Week of November 25, 2016

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November 22, 2016

Sol Berger died Oct. 3 at 96. Survived by wife Gusta; daughter Marlene Morris; son Jack; 4 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren. Chevra Kadisha

Jerome Blake died Nov. 12 at 92. Survived by wife, Lynda; daughter Shelly Lewis; son Michael; 2 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Norman Brokaw died Oct. 29 at 89. Survived by wife Marguerite; daughters Wendy (John) Brokaw Kretchmer, Barbara, Lauren; sons David, Joel (Birte Kalz), Sanford (Katie); 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Murray Codman died Oct. 31 at 93. Survived by daughters Sandy (Gary Peltz), Nina. Hillside

Beate Czarlinski died Nov. 8 at 84. Survived by daughter Sally (Tony) Lepore; 2 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; sister Reha Salomon. Mount Sinai

Paula Danziger died Nov. 1 at 96. Survived by daughter Rachel (Douglas) Pardee. Hillside

Betty Desatnik died Oct. 30 at 94. Survived by daughter Nancy (Ronald); son Russ Rosen; 3 grandchildren. Hillside

Lin Dorfman died Oct. 26 at 100. Survived by daughter Terri (Maynard) Rosen; sons Dennis (Susie), Rick; sister Chicki Sloan; 6 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Parvin Famili died Nov. 8 at 89. Survived by daughters Jila (Kamran) Hekmat, Shahla (Saeed) Hakim, Riva (Albert) Mikail; sons Morice (Rita), Davis; 9 grandchildren; sister Mahin Mikhail; brothers Manny Idjadi, Fahad (Margaurite) Idjadi. Mount Sinai

Lillian A. Fisher died Nov. 10 at 94. Survived by daughters Peggy, Arlene (Herb) Kramer, Sherrie (Mark) Bobrosky, Debra (Michael) Lichstein; 7 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Richard Emmett Freed died Nov. 9 at 94. Survived by daughter Donna (Martin) Paul. Mount Sinai

Richard Gigger died Nov. 13 at 87. Survived by wife Ellen Kaminer-Gigger; daughters Zoe (Peter) Marcus, Aimmee (Steve) Calvano; sons Richard Jr. II, Jerry, Terry; 6 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Harold Glass died Oct. 28 at 83. Survived by wife Ruth; daughters Linzi, Caron (Wayne) Hyland, Nicola (Doug) Meyer; 5 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Benita Mae Goldhammer died Nov. 8 at 81. Survived by daughter Sandra (David) Tepper; son Gary (Christine); 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Anita Hyman died Nov. 10 at 88. Survived by daughters Sara, Marsha (Jeff) Rapp. Mount Sinai

Norman Lapin died Oct. 29 at 63. Survived by stepdaughters Megan Cohen, Danielle Abergel; brother Steve (Phyllis). Hillside

Carolyn Lewis died Sept. 6 at 75. Mount Sinai

Bonnie Beth Lookofsky died Nov. 14 at 70. Survived by husband Louis; daughter Abbie; sons Jeremy (Summer), Noah; 1 grandchild; mother Evelyn Gietter; brothers Michael Gietter, David Gietter. Mount Sinai

Dorothy Naiman died Nov. 10 at 93. Survived by daughter Marlene (Ken) Jones; son Alan (Sandi); 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Rose Newman died Oct. 28 at 90. Survived by sons Michael (Susan), Martin; 2 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; sister Pauline Romano. Hillside

Walter Notkin died Nov. 14 at 97. Survived by wife Ruth; daughter Adria (Phil) Metson; son Harvey; 2 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Lawrence Pleet died Nov. 6 at 81. Survived by wife Phyllis; sons Loren (Kyoko), Joe Powell; 1 grandchild; sisters Linda (Ed) Buttwinick, Helaine (Jerry Bock). Mount Sinai

Alexandra Post died Nov. 9 at 24. Survived by mother Sindy; brother Adam; grandmother Merle Schwartz; grandfather Wilfred (Lita) Schwartz. Mount Sinai

Tamar Rakos died Nov. 1 at 84. Survived by husband Paul; son Andrew; brother Oscar Ross; 4 grandchildren. Hillside

Stanford Craig Redisch died Nov. 14 at 65. Survived by cousins Steven Patler, Sherri, Joane Cohen, Arlene. Mount Sinai 

Eugene Roberts died Nov. 8 at 96. Survived by wife C. Ruth. Mount Sinai

Barbara Rae Rolbin died Nov. 13 at 72. Survived by sons Michael, David. Mount Sinai

Shirley Schatz died Nov. 13 at 92. Survived by husband Burton; daughter Wendy (Richard) Love; son Andrew (Jenny); 4 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Michael S. Simonoff died Nov. 9 at 49. Survived by sons Joel, Sam; mother Carol; father Jerome; sister Rachel (Eric) Wexler; brother Zachary (Lisa). Mount Sinai

Edna Statman died Oct. 27 at 96. Survived by daughters Ani (Sid) Dylan-Fishman, Rachel (Lee) Greenberg; son Jan; 7 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Hillside

John Terracina died Oct. 30 at 85. Survived by daughters Angela, Cathy; 2 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside

Barry Trop died Oct. 27 at 64. Survived by sisters Anne, Paula Benson; brother Steve. Hillside n

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